Cancer

Disasters 07/22/22, 17:22

The city of Huludao, Liaoning province, has once again become the focus of attention due to environmental pollution. According to Sina Finance, over 80 local villagers have written to report in their real names that environmental pollution caused by local chemical companies has threatened a village of 1.000 people. Vision Times reported that ...

News 12/24/21, 06:37

A member of the American Association of Medical Physicists (AAPM) said that 'Political nonsense' is infecting the medical profession. An unnamed medical physicist practicing at a cancer facility and a member of the AAPM talked about the impact of infusing famously controversial ideas into medical science and cancer therapy. He explained that ...

U.S. 10/18/21, 21:55

Colin Powell, former U.S. Secretary of State and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff died on Monday morning, Oct. 18, at the age of 84. Powell,  a retired four-star general, has been fighting against a type of blood cancer, but his family announced in a Facebook post that he passed ...

Inspired Stories 10/15/21, 18:05

Making a final wish come true is the finest way to go out on top for a terminally sick patient. It happened to a dad at the season's first football game, when he was able to hug his kid. Scott Sullivan, of Somerset, Kentucky, was near death from a rare ...

News 10/06/21, 18:46

To be classified as a carcinogen, convincing evidence must link the intake of a food or drink to an elevated cancer risk and demonstrate how cancer may develop as a result.  The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) of the World Health Organization divides carcinogens into five categories based on ...

Inspired Stories 09/20/21, 16:15

The story of Maria Cristina Cella Mocellin has moved the world. During the 1990s, she was diagnosed with cancer shortly after learning she was pregnant. But her values and convictions led her to reject the abortion of her child and cancer treatments, prioritizing the health of her unborn child even ...

News 08/12/21, 00:37

Multiple experts warn the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of potentially cancer-causing compounds in some sunscreens, calling for them to be removed from the market. In a letter to the agency, the group of researchers said they had found an active ingredient called octocrylene in some sunscreens, which they said can ...

News 07/22/21, 00:08

Pfizer, the influential pharmaceutical corporation, is recalling 12 batches of Chantix, a popular anti-smoking medication, after detecting excessive levels of a chemical linked to cancer. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on July 19 released a statement to inform that Pfizer has widened the voluntary recall of Chantix, or varenicline, to ...

United Kingdom 06/18/21, 01:46

Hundreds of blood pressure pills have been recalled by health chefs on Friday, June 18, due to a serious public health risk. The drugs in question—several different types of irbesartan and losartan—were recalled from pharmacy shelves because they contain azido-tetrazole. According to some health experts, the substance is the world's ...

U.S. 04/17/21, 02:29

Helen McCrory, a British actress who appeared in "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows," "Skyfall," and "Peaky Blinders," has died at the age of 52, the New York Post reported. Her husband, Damian Lewis, announced that she died peacefully after a long battle with cancer. “I’m heartbroken to announce that after a ...

News 04/12/21, 17:45

A recently published British study said during the pandemic caused by the CCP virus, there has been a considerable decrease in treatments, referrals, and detection of cancer cases. The data suggest that there are not fewer cases. Instead, there has been a reduction in the early detection of these cases, ...

U.S. 03/23/21, 18:15

Former Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio revealed his wife's death over the weekend and thanked the many people who reached out to give their condolences, including former President Donald Trump. Arpaio told The Arizona Republic that Ava was 89 years old when she died on Saturday afternoon around 3:30 p.m. after ...

U.S. 08/04/20, 01:14

A former MSNBC producer recently resigned from her job, making her the third major news personality to leave the job in the past month, and in a stinging letter explained why she refused to work there anymore. "July 24 was my last day at MSNBC. I don’t know what I’m going ...

Inspired Stories 02/18/20, 05:41

Gabrielle Wilfong captured the happy moment when she started to dance after finishing her last chemotherapy treatment on the video to Instagram. Her family hopes this is the last treatment.  According to FOX19 NOW, eight months ago, Gabrielle was diagnosed with stage-4 brain cancer when she was just 16. She began ...

U.S. 02/15/20, 15:52

A Cleveland Clinic visitor made a simple gesture this Valentine's Day to inspire courage so that their loved one gets through treatment. "Mom be brave," along with a symbolic ribbon, was spelled out in the snow by someone at Cleveland Clinic’s main campus. “To the person who wrote it, you’ve touched our ...

U.S. 02/13/20, 13:49

As the 5G phone network expands around the world, the service is beginning to raise serious questions about the implications for people's health. Switzerland is among the countries in Europe where a latent fear of radiation from antennas in the mobile service has spread. According to an article in the Financial ...

U.S. 02/03/20, 05:44

A 9-year-old Wisconsin boy, who is battling terminal cancer, received a special show of support outside his school by a group of truckers. Miguel Duran was diagnosed with a rare cancer when he was just 8. It's called rhabdomyosarcoma, which attacks soft tissue, WBAY reported. Although the cancer was going into remission ...

U.S. 12/26/19, 07:22

Crews spent all morning on 62nd Street, in Tampa turning hundreds of bags of ice into 8 tons of snow, and it was all to surprise a U.S. Army veteran. Albert Septien was moved to tears of joy, but this past year has brought tears of another kind to him.  “This year ...

Washington 12/13/19, 09:51

A second-grade teacher in Vancouver, Washington, who is fighting breast cancer, was moved to tears when a group of nearly 30 students sang Christmas carols for their beloved teacher on her front lawn on Monday night, Dec. 9. Laurie Burpee, 60, has taught for more than five years at York Elementary ...

Inspired Stories 12/13/19, 08:55

Four years ago, at a hospital in Florida, McKinley, Chloe, Ava, and Lauren were all in cancer treatment. The quartet relied on each other to complete the arduous process, and one day in 2018 they met as cancer survivors for a photoshoot. The girls, all aged 4 to 5, take a ...